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George W Shelton 1904 - 1992

George W Shelton of Ridgeway, Henry County, VA was born on February 28, 1904, and died at age 88 years old on March 12, 1992.
George W Shelton
Ridgeway, Henry County, VA 24148
February 28, 1904
March 12, 1992
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  • 02/28
    1904

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    February 28, 1904
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  • 03/12
    1992

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    March 12, 1992
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    George W Shelton lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1904, in the year that George W Shelton was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1915, at the age of merely 11 years old, George was alive when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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